Final Table

[JDMcNugent7]

I think both Cada and Moon were both horrible people to win as far as attracting a new influx of players are concerned, and I think Cada was even worse. With Moon, people prob get turned off from poker b/c they're like wow this guys terrible and just won, but at same time that might attract players, and older players. Cada winning, ofc it's some online kid that plays constantly so all the older newer players feel like they have no chance, and he just seemed annoying to me, saying he would be "crushed" if he didn't win the ME when going into the FT of the biggest tourny of the year, and first year you're ever playing it and have Ivey sitting there, just annoyed me. Really really wish the french dude would have won, and he seemed to play the best and just got unlucky.

[Robbie Robb]

I think we can all agree had the French dude made it to the final table he would have just surrendered.

[Windbreaker]

Here is Buchman's AQ hand - I believe Sauot has about 44 mill to begin the hand with blinds 500k/1M and 150k ante.

Hand #264 - The Largest Pot of the Tournament
Eric Buchman has the button, and Darvin Moon is sitting out this hand. Buchman makes it 2.5 million to stay in, and Antoine Saout announces a re-raise from the big blind. He puts out a three-bet totaling 9 million, and Buchman wastes no time moving all in over the top of that.

The shove sends Saout spiraling into the think tank, and he spends a long, quality session in there. Several minutes of gear-turning pondering follow, and Saout looks a bit unsure of his decision. Finally, and quietly, he says, "I call." Buchman has the covering stack, and so it's Saout now all in and at risk. The news is good though.

Showdown
Buchman:
Saout:

The flop comes out , drawing a big reaction from the crowd for the first time in what seems like hours. The turn pairs the board with the , changing nothing, and the awakened crowd again grows loud. The fills out the board, and that too is a blank for Buchman.

In the biggest pot of the 2009 Main Event, Antoine Saout has picked up the monstrous double. He's skyrocketed all the way up to 89,200,000, while Buchman is left with just 9,800,000 chips to work with.

[Zybomb]

See this I don't believe is close to the same category as the Moon hand.

For starters I think we were 4 handed at this time, increasing the value of AQ tremendously and increasing the likelihood that his button raise (particularly with a player sitting out) would be played back at lightly. Also the final 4 bet is a total of 43-44 BBs but the pot is 14-15 BBs already and everyones M is lower than in the Moon case bc its short handed

In the Moon hand I believe the blinds were 500k, and he shoved in 22Mill plus which is the same 44ish BBs but this time the pot is only 5 BBs, 1/3 the size and everyones M is higher. In addition this was 6 handed i believe and Moon was facing a UTG raise into 5 others.